Designed to promote his fourth studio album,After Hours (2020), the tour was set to run in arena venues from June 11, 2020, inVancouver, Canada, to November 16 inLondon, England. However, following theCOVID-19 pandemic, they were postponed to 2021 and 2022, respectively, before being cancelled in favour of stadium venues due to the constraint of arenas. The show was continuously revamped to incorporate the release of his fifth and sixth studio albums,Dawn FM (2022) andHurry Up Tomorrow (2025), respectively.An accompanying concert film and live album, documenting the November 27, 2022, show atSoFi Stadium, were released in 2023.
Background
On February 20, 2020,the Weeknd announced through social media plans to tour North America and Europe later that year in support of his fourth studio album,After Hours (2020).[1][2]88Glam,Sabrina Claudio, andDon Toliver were announced as supporting acts for the tour.[1] The following month, additional concerts were announced in select cities due to demand.[3][4][5] In May 2020, following raising concerns of the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic andlockdowns,Live Nation announced plans to postpone all concerts to the following year; rescheduled concerts to commence in June 2021 and conclude in November of the same year.[6] Claudio and Toliver were announced to return as supporting acts, with Toliver only performing for concerts in North America;Black Atlass was announced as co-support for Claudio for European concerts, replacing 88Glam.[7] That November, theNational Football League announced the Weeknd would headline theSuper Bowl LV halftime show on February 7, 2021.[8] On February 3, 2021, four days prior to the halftime show, the Weeknd and Live Nation announced the tour would be postponed a second time due to the continued concern of the pandemic, with 19 new dates added onto the itinerary for 2022.[9] That October, a third postponement was announced, again for 2022, with venue changes from arenas to stadiums. The Weeknd cited ongoing demand and "constraints of arenas" for the change of venue type.[10][11]
In January 2022, the Weeknd released his fifth studio album,Dawn FM.[12] Two months later, the newly-retitled After Hours til Dawn Tour[a] was announced, withDoja Cat serving as supporting act.[14] That May, Doja Cat withdrew from the tour as supporting act, citing required surgery on her tonsils.[15] The following month,Snoh Aalegra,Mike Dean, andKaytranada were announced as the new support acts.[16] During the September 3, 2022, concert atSoFi Stadium inInglewood, California, the Weeknd abruptly ended the show only three songs in, claiming to have lost his voice;[17] he promised a full refund of the concert, and a "real show soon". He subsequently issued a formal apology on his social media accounts.[18] Twenty-four days later, the rescheduled concert was announced, in addition to a second concert at the venue.[19] That November, concerts in Europe and Latin America were announced.[20] Supplemental shows were subsequently announced due to demand.[21][22][23]
On February 2, 2023, the Weeknd announced that a concert film, titledThe Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium, would premiere onHBO Max on February 25.[24] Seven days later,HBO dropped the trailer for the film, and announced it would air the concert on the network, in addition to the streaming service.[25] A live albumLive at SoFi Stadium followed on March 3 of the same year.[26] That August, concerts in Australia and New Zealand were announced to take place between November and December of the same year, with Chxrry22 and Dean serving as supporting acts.[27] Due to demand, additional concerts in Australia were announced;[28] two weeks prior to the November 20 kick off inBrisbane, the dates were postponed to 2024, citing "unforeseen circumstances".[29] In April 2024, it was announced the concerts in New Zealand were cancelled.[30] That August, select concerts inMelbourne andSydney were announced withAnna Lunoe added as support act, and dates in Brisbane cancelled.[31][32]
On January 31, 2025, the same day his sixth studio albumHurry Up Tomorrow released,[33] concerts in North America were announced, with Dean andPlayboi Carti as support acts.[34][35] That September, additional concerts in Europe and Latin America territories were announced for 2026,[36] with Playboi Carti andAnitta announced as supporting acts, respectively.[37] Additional supplementary dates were subsequently announced.[38]
Stage and aesthetic
In a press release toVariety, the After Hours til Dawn Tour "will see [the Weeknd's] most ambitious production to date reflecting the creative journey that continues to unfold for both [After Hours andDawn FM], creating worlds within worlds as we have all been watching unfold in various television performances, music videos and short films bringing these first two pieces of his trilogy to life."[39] The Weeknd's creative director and childhood friendLa Mar Taylor explained in an interview withVariety that the tour would be theatrical and conceptual, saying: "There is a linear story betweenAfter Hours andDawn FM, and I think the audience will walk away with different interpretations of the show. To us, that's the whole point."[40] Taylor described the production as a journey "through a cosmic cataclysm that has erupted and plagued the earth. The devastation is widespread and will most likely continue till dawn."[41]
North American leg
The stage design had 3 stages: the main stage, showcasing a row of destroyed buildings modeled after the Weeknd's hometown of Toronto,[42] and a screen behind them showing visuals of a futuristic post-apocalyptic skyline; the main stage leads to a catwalk leading into a quadrangular stage, which features an inflatable moon over its edge and also unites the catwalk leading into a circular stage.[43] The show displays the Weeknd performing in all three of these stages, with dancers dressed in red robes which either perform synchronized dance routines or stand motionless.[42] At the start of the show, during "Alone Again" and "Gasoline", he wears a mask which theLos Angeles Times described as "creepy" and makes him resemble "a victim of some botched plastic-surgery procedure."[44] Several times during the show, LEDwristbands provided to each attendant byPixMob lit up.
European leg
Photo of the stage for the European leg of the tour, consisting of a large inflatable moon and a Hajime Sorayama statue in the middle of the stage.
During the European leg of the tour, the LED screen was removed in order to place more building statues, making the previous skyline fully physical. The ruined chrome city is described byThe Guardian as "a vast metallic cityscape" which consists of ruined landmarks such as Toronto's CN Tower and the Empire State Building. The Weeknd's band members play on top of their own individual buildings, with the Weeknd performing half of the setlist wearing a white coat hoodie and his face concealed by anMF Doom-inspired mask, finally removing his mask before "Faith". The first leg's rusty orange destroyed buildings were changed to shiny chrome skyscrapers, with this leg intended to followDawn FM's overall theme. The walkway consists of a moon which was present in the first leg of the tour with aHajime Sorayama statue of the robot present in the 10-year anniversary music video for the titular track of "Echoes of Silence" added in the middle of the stage.[45]
Latin American leg
The skyline behind the band members was removed with a 6-meter high LED screen returning from the North American leg to display visuals for specific songs similarly to the first leg of the tour. The buildings remain chrome coloured with the Sorayama statue, and inflatable moon remain on the stage.[46] The Weeknd's outfit was changed to a sleeveless full body camo suit, with his left arm covered in a metallic arm sleeve along with a metallic helmet with a LED visor, whichComplex described as "Robocop-like." The show opened with a dark purple skyline as "La Fama" played in a remixed, vocoded version, with the Weeknd originally wearing a black overcoat hoodie for the first two tracks, until October 7, 2023.[47]
As the show begins, dancers appear from below the set's centerpiece. Then, the Weeknd emerges from one of the buildings, with a clear face mask, alongside a car-length coat. The intro begins with whatVariety describes as anelectro version of the opener fromAfter Hours, "Alone Again". Following this, he comes down the stage with the dancers, where the pace of the tour speeds up, as anew-wave take on "Gasoline", fromDawn FM, plays.[48] During the end of "Gasoline", the clear mask face is taken off, revealing the Weeknd's face, as he grins at the crowd.[44]
The Weeknd continues performing songs fromDawn FM immediately after, as "Sacrifice" and "How Do I Make You Love Me?" come next, whichRolling Stone writes as if the songs were performed to give bothAfter Hours andDawn FM "their due", referring to the first songs in the set list only being songs from those two albums.[49] After "How Do I Make You Love Me?" the Weeknd's 2015 song, "Can't Feel My Face", begins playing, as the stage gets engulfed in smoke. Following "Can't Feel My Face", he performs his own verse fromKanye West's 2021 song "Hurricane".[50]
2023
In 2023, the tour’s visual and physical production was reimagined: towering chrome building sculptures formed a crumbling, post-apocalyptic cityscape in place of the LED skyline used in North America. The aesthetic leaned intodystopian and Gotham-style motifs, with smoke, dramatic lighting, and architectural ruin visuals enhancing the thematic continuity of the After Hours and Dawn FM chapters.[51] During the concerts in Europe, the show retained its theatricality with the Weeknd appearing in a chrome mask that concealed his face for early segments before dramatic removal mid-set, heightening theritualistic reveal. During Latin American dates, the staging was adjusted: the physical cityscape elements remained, but a large LED wall was installed behind the band to project immersive visual content. Costumes became more experimental: Tesfaye wore a sleeveless camo-style suit combined with a metallic arm sleeve and a LED visor helmet, evoking asci-fi warrior persona. The mask removal remained a dramatic moment in the performance.[52]
2024
With the 2024 shows, the framework established in 2023 carried forward with refinements for stadium environments. Lighting design was adjusted for open-air venues, widening sight-lines and intensifying backlight effects. New material from Hurry Up Tomorrow was integrated into the show, leading to some rearrangement of transitions and staging flow to accommodate newer songs. The mask/reveal concept persisted as a structural dramatic pivot.[52]
2025
For the 2025 concerts, the tour had fully evolved into a stadium spectacle emphasizing scale and immersion. Productions featured dramatic set extensions, enhanced lighting rigs, and seamless visual transitions tying together older and newer material. Shows often began with the Weeknd masked, peeling it off at climactic points in the performance to highlight the contrast between persona and artist. In some concerts, the removal carried symbolic weight, underscored by gestures and declarations of identity onstage.[53] The staging embraced maximalism: sweeping runways into the crowd, large LED arrays, choreographedtheatrical cues, dynamic costume contrasts,pyrotechnics, and carefully timed reveal moments combined performance, narrative, and visual artistry into a cinematic experience.[54]
Commercial performance
Boxscore
The tour surpassedUS$148million in gross sales and sold more than one million tickets in its first leg across North America. According toVariety, the tour generated over $350 million in gross sales by July 2023.[55] In August 2025,Billboard reported the After Hours til Dawn Tour had grossed $635.5 million in revenue and sold 5.1 million tickets since its 2022 launch, becoming the biggest R&B tour in history, beating previous record holdersBeyoncé (Renaissance World Tour, 2023) andBruno Mars (24K Magic World Tour, 2017–2018).[56] By November 2025, the tour had grossedUS$1.004billion with approximately 7.55 million tickets sold,[57] becoming the highest-earning tour by a male solo artist.[58]
In March 2022, the Weeknd launched the XO Humanitarian Fund in collaboration with theWorld Food Programme (WFP) in an effort to bring 44 million "back from the brink of famine". As part of this effort, he donatedUS$500,000 into the fund, and pledged to donateUS$1 per every ticket sold from the tour.[71] That June,Binance announced they were donatingUS$2million to the Fund,[72] and by November, it was reportedUS$5million had been raised and presented to the WFP.[73] In April 2024, via the foundation, he pledgedUS$2 million to the WFP in an effort to assist Gaza on the ongoingwar within the country.[74] In January of the following year, the Weeknd donatedUS$1 million in relief funds to Los Angeles wildfire relief following theSouthern California wildfires that same month;[75] he also teamed up withGlobal Citizen, and pledgedUS$1 from every ticket told in his recently announced concert dates to support vulnerable children in various communities.[76] As of November 2025,US$8.5million had been donated to the XO Humanitarian Fund and Global Citizen.[58]
Set list
July 2022 to June 2023
This set list is from the concert in Philadelphia on July 14, 2022.[77] It does not represent all concerts for the tour.
^abOriginally called the "After Hours Tour", it was renamed to the "After Hours til Dawn Tour" to accommodate the releases of bothAfter Hours (2020) andDawn FM (2022).[13]
^A trailer for the Weeknd's then-upcomingHBO series,The Idol, premiered at this concert right before he took the stage. The trailer would later be played before the concerts at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ford Field in Detroit, and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.[87]
^Labelled as New York City in promotional material.
^abLabelled as Washington, D.C., in promotional material.
^A second trailer forThe Idol premiered at this concert before he took the stage.[88]
^abcLabelled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
^A third trailer forThe Idol premiered at this concert before he took the stage. In addition, some scenes for the series were filmed on stage at the stadium prior to the concert with bothLily-Rose Depp and the Weeknd.[89]
^abcLabelled as Los Angeles in promotional material.
^The concert of September 22, 2022, at Rogers Centre in Toronto was originally set to take place on July 8, 2022, as the first stop of the tour, but was rescheduled due to the2022 Rogers Communications outage.[90]
^The concert of November 26, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood originally took place on September 3; however, during that concert, The Weeknd lost his voice during "Alone Again" and continued the show until "Can't Feel My Face", after which he came onstage to say he lost his voice and that everyone in attendance would receive a refund or have their tickets honoured for the rescheduled show.[91]
^The stage and crowd from the show on November 26, 2022, were used in the final episode ofThe Idol, where Jocelyn speaks to the crowd before she "performs".
^The concert of October 18, 2023, at Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires was originally set to take place on October 13, 2023, at theHipódromo de San Isidro, but it was rescheduled due to the venue change.[96]
^"Something for the Weeknd".Stageco. November 24, 2022. p. 15. RetrievedAugust 22, 2025.The Weekend's show according to his creative director La Mar Taylor is a journey 'through a cosmic cataclysm that has erupted and plagued the earth. The devastation is widespread and will most likely continue till dawn.'